Description
The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
Published: 2026-09-02
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Rank Math Seo
Rank Math Seo rank Math Seo
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Rank Math Seo
Rank Math Seo rank Math Seo
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Rank Math SEO WordPress plugin before 1.0.277 does not perform a capability check when bulk metadata updates target taxonomy terms, and reuses the supplied object identifier across object types, allowing users with the Author role and above to modify the SEO metadata of terms they cannot edit and to overwrite the titles of posts belonging to other users.
Title Rank Math SEO < 1.0.277 - Author+ Term Metadata Update and Cross-Object Post Title Overwrite via updateMetaBulk
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T06:00:19.639Z

Reserved: 2026-08-21T12:06:32.625Z

Link: CVE-2026-77787

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T06:17:17.870

Modified: 2026-09-02T06:17:17.870

Link: CVE-2026-77787

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T07:45:03Z

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